Once the planning commission approves the comprehensive plan, it will come up for a final vote by supervisors.
NRV Zone
New River Valley Zone (Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Radford, Montgomery, Pulaski, Giles, Wythe, Floyd, Bland, Carroll, and Grayson)
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2 new entrepreneurship programs take shape in Blacksburg
Downtown Blacksburg Inc. aims to support emergent and existing local businesses.
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Trailer manufacturer to expand Giles County site, creating 46 jobs
Nampa, Idaho-based Interstate Group will invest $8.9 million in the expansion, according to the governor’s office.
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Monday is last day to sign up for water testing programs in the NRV this week and next week
The Virginia Household Water Quality Program offers affordable testing for 28 water constituents. Registration deadline is Monday.
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Bring a weapon to school? Get expelled. Montgomery school board votes on revised penalties Tuesday
Also, middle schoolers could be looking at longer class periods.
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NRV week ahead: Blacksburg Planning Commission to schedule future public hearings on floodplain overlay standards and parking at a new hotel
The Christiansburg Planning Commission meeting scheduled for Tuesday has been canceled. No public governance meetings are scheduled for Radford.
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Brush Mountain Park project reaches another major milestone in protecting the land and public access forever
Creating a permanently protected and publicly accessible town park takes years of community collaboration.
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Multiple public hearings later, Christiansburg to consider rezoning 37.9-plus acres on Kimball Lane for housing development
Months of public hearings and town meetings will culminate with the council’s vote on Tuesday.
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School budget, subdivision’s next phase and prep for state referendum at Monday’s Montgomery County board meeting
The county will be voting on appropriating $80,000 for the April state referendum.
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Laryngoscopes, detached homes and a new housing fund board member: Radford council meets Monday, Christiansburg and Blacksburg councils meet Tuesday
Christiansburg will finally vote on a rezoning proposal that’s been revised multiple times, Radford adds funding for crisis intervention efforts, and Blacksburg welcomes a new member of the housing fund board.
